13 Nov 2024 Why the cash rate is being kept on hold By Tony Kaye, Senior Personal Finance Writer Markets and economy The RBA is unlikely to start easing interest rates until the second quarter of 2025. “The board needs to be confident that inflation is moving sustainably towards the target and we need to see more progress on underlying inflation coming down.” That was the bottom line from… Read more
07 Nov 2024 Navigating the outcome of the U.S. election By Greg Davis, Vanguard President and Chief Investment Officer Markets and economy History suggests that investors shouldn’t be concerned about material asset return differences under different political administrations. A portfolio of 60% equities and 40% fixed income has produced an annual compound return of 8.1% since 1860 with a Republican president and a 7.8% annual compound return with a… Read more
13 Nov 2024 The interest rate cuts happening behind the scenes By Tony Kaye, Senior Personal Finance Writer Markets and economy Interest rates are officially on hold, but unofficially they’re not. Don’t expect an official rate cut anytime soon. That was the message from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) last week as it kept its policy cash rate on hold at 4.35% and ruled out any near-term prospect… Read more
The fog of war 04 March 2022 Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian general who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the phrase “fog of war” is often attributed to him. What he actually said, “war is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty.” The phrase has now… Read more